Female Native American lawyers often feel isolated and harassed, according to a new report published by the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession, in collaboration with the ...

Consumers have fresh confidence in the economy, but remain wary about adding additional debt, including credit cards, the American Bankers Association says. Bank card delinquencies rose ever so ...

Louisiana's public defense system needs five times as many full-time equivalent attorneys as are presently employed to properly handle caseloads at the Orleans Parish criminal courthouse and other ...

Indigent defendants in Texas and across the country receive inadequate representation that routinely leads to unjust punishments, according to a report released today by the American Bar Association.

The American Bankers Association (ABA) Foundation has published a guide designed to help banking professionals identify potential financial exploitation of seniors. The new guide “Protecting Seniors: ...

WASHINGTON — Thousands of suspects unable to afford lawyers are wrongly convicted each year because they are pressured to accept guilty pleas or have incompetent attorneys, the American Bar ...

Aug 8 (Reuters) - The American Bar Association on Tuesday urged U.S. judicial leaders to study the effects of violent or traumatic incidents on judges, their staff and their families and to recommend ...

The American Bar Association is the latest organization to launch a task force examining the changes roiling the law profession and legal education. The 18-member Task Force on the Future of Legal ...